# How do you learn horizontal throws?

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**Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\
**Created:** [February 24, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-learn-horizontal-throws/35178 "2012-02-24T01:57:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Thee888](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4af34b/32.png) [@Thee888](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Thee888)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-learn-horizontal-throws/35178/1 "2012-02-24T01:57:05Z")

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I need help!!!

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**Author:** ![Smoke770077](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Smoke770077](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Smoke770077)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-learn-horizontal-throws/35178/2 "2012-02-24T02:09:09Z")

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Practice practice practice… And then practice some more homie… Thats all there is to it. Learn a smooth trick vertically, and perfect it, and then just work on doing it sideways, the same way you learn any trick, just take it step by step…

As far as the throw itself I hold the yoyo like I’m playing 5A and then just turn my hand so its sideways

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**Author:** ![logeydindin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/db5fbb/32.png) [@logeydindin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/logeydindin)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-learn-horizontal-throws/35178/3 "2012-02-24T03:03:36Z")

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read the topic.

Sideway Yo-Yo Play, by mastersage.

its got a good video with jensen kimmit. once you learn the basics try adding more to it, tricks that you can do fast are easier than slacks or wristmount type tricks

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**Author:** ![Darxun](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/darxun/32/957_2.png) [@Darxun](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Darxun)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-learn-horizontal-throws/35178/4 "2012-02-24T03:30:57Z")

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Practice doing a horizontal trapeze over and over. After that you can basically make up any trick that you like, and do it horizontally; that’s how I learned.

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**Author:** ![CMDR\_Reservoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@CMDR\_Reservoir](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CMDR_Reservoir)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-learn-horizontal-throws/35178/5 "2012-02-24T18:49:34Z")

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Horizontal play is very difficult, so practice is 100% needed. To start though, I would throw the yo-yo a little bit diagonally, and then slowly throw it more and more diagonal till it’s near horizontal. Get used to it in baby steps!

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**Author:** ![N.Samuelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58956e/32.png) [@N.Samuelson](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/N.Samuelson)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-you-learn-horizontal-throws/35178/6 "2012-02-27T14:59:07Z")

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Practice throwing it sideways.